He credits his transformation from drug-taking gang member to prophet of salvation on the power of music.

T-Dub fled Gympie to avoid the drug scene and protect his young family.

Local rapper, T-Dub is making a world wide stir on the internet with his push against drugs. Photo: John McCutcheon / Sunshine Coast Dailyjohn mccutcheon

He claims his self-imposed exile saw his former gang mates - by then hooked on crack cocaine - invade his home and bash a friend.

"They became vicious, it was all about money and the next hit," he said.

He said the drug problem had spread to small regional towns across the Sunshine Coast.

Addressing the well-publicised "ice epidemic" was only scratching the surface as home-made crack cocaine was making inroads.

"The sad thing is that I've witnessed people who are reasonably well off throwing their life away," T-Dub said.

T-Dub now makes regular visits to Blue Light Discos and skate parks, preaching the horrors of drugs and supplying kids with ice-cream and cheeseburgers through a program called Sunshine Coast Freebies.

But he said his message could only reach a limited number of people because his record label refused to allow him to rap against drugs.

"It's a touchy issue with my record label," he said.

NATIONAL ICE USE

7% of Australians aged 14 and over have used methamphetamines

2.1% of Australians aged 14 have used methamphetamines in the past 12 months